CIARA KEEN
Ciara Keen is a junior at Chatham High School in Chatham, Virginia. She attended WJMC in the summer of 2021. Ciara is the drum Major of the school’s marching band and she is a member of the FCCLA. Her experience at WJMC was amazing and life changing. One of her favorite moments was when she was able to meet new people from all parts of the country.
STELLA TURNER
Stella Turner is a high school junior from Fairfax, Virginia, where she is a part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and National Honors Society at Meridian High School. She has been writing for her school newspaper, The Lasso, for three years, and has been an editor for the last two. She has also been a member of her school’s GIVE Day Service Club for six years and is currently Co-President of Meridian’s Young Democrats Club, where she leads and participates in discussions about current events and politics. She enjoys photography and playing volleyball, and wishes to study government and politics in college before pursuing a career in public service. As a WJMC 2021 alumna, she hopes to utilize her experiences to further improve those of future National Youth Correspondents at George Mason.
ELIZABETH STONE
Elizabeth Stone is a senior at Chantilly High School in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been a part of many student publications and is currently an executive producer for her school’s broadcast journalism program. At WJMC, she loved connecting with other students over their shared interests. The program inspired her to pursue a career in media, and her next step will be studying journalism at James Madison University.
HALEY RICHARDSON
Haley Richardson is a junior at the Union County Vocational Technical High School in the Academy of Law and Justice. After her experience at the Washington Journalism and Media Conference (WJMC), she found a new passion for journalism and a determination to be a part of the field. On the Youth Advisory Board, she would like to use her organization skills and discipline to help plan the 2022 conference, and hopefully help make such a beneficial program a positive life-long memory for next year’s correspondents.
ALEX RADT
Alex Radt is a proud alum of the 2021 Washington Journalism and Media Conference and is looking forward to serving on the 2022 Youth Advisory Board. They got their start in journalism in fifth grade, in Belgium, and continued through moving to Maryland, Virginia, Japan, and back to Virginia. They are currently a junior at Alexandria City High School and the editor-in-chief of the school’s magazine.
CASSIE DORNAN
Cassie just finished her sophomore year at Elon University. She is majoring in strategic communications with minors in leadership studies and professional writing studies. She also serves as an account Eeecutive for Live Oak Communications, Elon’s student-run marketing and advertising agency. This summer will be her fourth summer attending the WJMC and she couldn’t be more excited. Cassie is beyond thrilled to be a JFA and watch many students get the incredible journalistic opportunities and connections that WJMC provides.
JASMINE BROCKINGTON
Jasmine Brockington is a senior in high school at Manchester High School in Midlothian, Virginia. She is 17 years old and loves to read books, dance, listen to music and spend time with her family. Jasmine participated in WJMC this previous summer before starting her senior year and enjoyed every second of it. She wants to pursue Mass Communications as a career in life. Her life values include positivity and spending as much time making the world a better place through uplifting others. Her leadership skills in being Cocaptain of her dance team and to being elected as Historian for her school’s chapter of the National Honor Society, Jasmine is excited to be a part of the next chapter of WJMC and teach the future journalists of the world how to make the most of this experience as she did.
SUMMER RIGHTER
Summer Righter is a current student at Washington County Technical High School, where she is studying cosmetology. A distinguished student, she holds leadership positions in the Spanish National Honor Society and the Washington County Student Advisory Board. She has also previously been a part of 4-H and the Boonsboro High School Drama department. Summer is a varsity cheerleader, with hopes of cheering in college, and an active member of the National English Honor Society. She hopes to graduate high school with her cosmetology license and attend a four-year college, to then go on and get a law degree. Summer attended WJMC in the summer of 2021 and loved every minute of it. Her favorite part was being able to make connections and start networking with many students and influential individuals from across the country.
HALLI HARWOOD
Halli Harwood is a rising junior at Elon University, studying strategic communications and business administration. After attending WJMC in the summer of 2021, and returning as an intern in the summer of 2022, Halli is excited to once again join the WJMC as a JFA. At Elon, Halli is an account executive at Live Oak Communications, a student-run marketing and advertising agency, is conducting undergraduate research on cruise lines and their communication methods regarding the environment, and is currently working as a freelancer for BOLD LA, where she interned last summer. By the time WJMC 2024 is in session, Halli will have just finished a semester abroad at USYD in Sydney, Australia, and would love nothing more than to talk about it!
CLAYTON DOTSON
Clayton Dotson is an upcoming senior from Jacksonville, North Carolina who uses photography as a way to express emotion and meaning in journalism. In 2021, he received First Place in the state for SkillsUSA- Photography, and went on to compete nationally online. His favorite styles of photography include street photography and wildlife photography. Outside of journalism and media, Clayton also plays the alto saxophone for both his school and a saxophone quartet known as Prometheus Saxophone Quartet. In the future, Clayton hopes to get into college for accounting and finance to become a CPA.
